Mexico

● President Obama acted last Friday to help many young people—those without the correct residency papers, but otherwise clean records—to

Farm Bill II

● The U.S. Senate’s version of the Farm Bill, S. 3240, now has over 220 floor amendments floating about it.

● The Senate’s version of the Farm Bill, S.3240, today cleared its first procedural hurdle by easily surviving a cloture

The annual meeting of the Western Governors’ Association will be held at the Cascade Mountain Range resort of Suncadia, Washington,

● Oregon: No surprises on Tuesday in terms of federal elections. All five members of the House of Representatives from

● Senator Richard Lugar (R/Indiana) lost his primary reelection race on Tuesday. The senator, age 80, who has capably served

● The Leonardo Academy, located in Madison, Wisconsin, released on April 19 its draft document for a “National Sustainable Agriculture

● The United Fresh Produce Association sent out its ballot for 2012 officers and board members today. This brought to

● Biotechnology continues to be a contentious issue. Of note is a concentrated effort afoot by the Center for Food

● Wednesday, January 4, was the day set for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to publish draft rules on